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Direct linkThomas, Veronica G. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2004
The past two decades have witnessed a significant growth in the number of school improvement programs and in the accompanying efforts to evaluate such programs. Passage of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act in 2002 has intensified the need for evaluations to assess and understand the quality and value of educational interventions. Well over a…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Federal Legislation, Low Achievement, Academic Achievement
Towns, Donna Penn; Serpell, Zewelanji – New Directions for Evaluation, 2004
The Exemplary Schools study at Howard University's Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk (CRESPAR) was designed to aid the program in its goal toward developing and implementing a reform model that "overdetermines" success for all students. The Talent Development (TD) principle of "overdetermination of success" argues…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Academic Achievement, High Risk Students, Evaluation Methods
